Anchorage Assembly

Title 21 debate continues Tuesday night, with criticism so far from all corners

Whether people want more development rules, or fewer, most who have testified so far say they don't like the current proposals to rewrite the Title 21 code. A public hearing continues Tuesday.

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Frasca named to fill vacant Anchorage Assembly seat

An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that the Assembly ballot was secret. The vote was by paper ballot, and is not secret. Assembly members Adam Trombley, Chris Birch, Ernie Hall, Jennifer Johnston, Debbie Ossiander and Bill Starr supported Cheryl Frasca. Patrick Flynn ...
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Both sides criticize Anchorage zoning plan at public hearing

Contractor D.L. Landry seemed to hold a minority view at the first public hearing for the latest version of a proposed new zoning code for Anchorage, Title 21.
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Assembly delays consideration of proposal for earlier bar times

The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night postponed until Feb. 26 consideration of a proposal to require the largest downtown bars to stop serving drinks an hour earlier than now.
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Assembly tentatively approves plan for sale of Rumrunner's liquor license

An attorney representing the owner of T.G.I. Friday's, who wants to take over the problem bar Rumrunner's Old Towne Bar & Grill downtown and turn it into a restaurant, helped convince the Anchorage Assembly late Tuesday to agree to support the plan as long as the owner-to-be meets certain conditions...
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Proposals to put broad changes to Assembly, School Board before voters rejected

The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday failed to approve proposals by Chris Birch to put propositions on the April 2 city election ballot that would change the make-up of the Assembly and School Board.
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Battle brews over alcohol sales at Midtown gas station

Tesoro Northstore has applied for a liquor store permit at Northern Lights Boulevard and A Street, and some area residents and business workers say they're afraid their part of town will deteriorate.
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Assembly OKs plan to let builders bypass city

The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night approved a proposal to allow some home builders to hire independent engineers to sign off on structural plans, bypassing the city building department.
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Assembly repeals sidewalk sitting ban

The Anchorage Assembly voted 7-4 Tuesday night to repeal the section of a law passed in November that makes it illegal to sit or lie on downtown sidewalks, except in certain cases.
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Anchorage builders look to leave city out of plan reviews

Anchorage Assembly member Adam Trombley has proposed a law that would allow some home builders to bypass the city for plan reviews. An independent engineer would review the structural house plans instead. City building officials aren't too fond of the idea.
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2 Assembly members flip sides on no-sidewalk-sitting law

Two Anchorage Assembly members who voted for the mayor's no-sitting-on-sidewalks law last year, Debbie Ossiander and Dick Traini, are now trying to repeal the provision.